Car Dyke

#3185 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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Facts and practical information

The Car Dyke was, and to a large extent still is, an 85-mile long ditch which runs along the western edge of the Fens in eastern England. It is generally accepted as being of Roman age and, for many centuries, to have been taken as marking the western edge of the Fens. There, the consensus begins to break down. ()

Coordinates: 53°0'44"N, 0°16'4"W

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Car Dyke – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Heckington Windmill, Cogglesford Mill, Heckington Methodist Church, Dogdyke Engine.

2.7 miSW
Architecture, Windmill
Heckington Windmill, Sleaford
69 min walk • Heckington Windmill is the only eight-sailed tower windmill still standing in the United Kingdom with its sails intact. Heckington is located between Sleaford and Boston in Lincolnshire, England. The mill stands very close to Heckington railway station, hence its name of the Station Mill in the 19th century.
5.6 miW
Museum
Cogglesford Mill, Sleaford
142 min walk • Cogglesford Mill is a Grade II listed working watermill in Sleaford, Lincolnshire. It is possibly the last working Sheriff's Mill in England.
2.5 miSW
Church
Heckington Methodist Church
65 min walk • Heckington Methodist Church is in Heckington, Lincolnshire, England.
5.9 miNE
Museum, Science museum
Dogdyke Engine
150 min walk • The Dogdyke Engine is a drainage engine near Tattershall, Lincolnshire, in England. The drainage of 2,500 acres of land around Tattershall was authorised in 1796, and came under the control of the Witham Third District commissioners in...
5.2 miNW
Museum, Science museum
North Ings Farm Museum
132 min walk • The North Ings Farm Museum is a working farm museum containing a 2 ft narrow gauge railway, running on a circuit of 1⁄4 mile. It is located at Dorrington, between Lincoln and Sleaford, in Lincolnshire.

Car Dyke

Facts and practical information

Car Dyke – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Heckington Windmill, Sleaford

Cogglesford Mill, Sleaford

Heckington Methodist Church

Dogdyke Engine

North Ings Farm Museum